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And it is the president of the Boston Red Sox, Sam Kennedy,

who joins us this morning. Hey, Sam. Good morning, guys. Greetings from Dallas. How are you?

We're doing great. And I was, you know, I, you'll probably say every season, but when it comes to

anticipation and expectation with what

happened in the offseason, where do you rank heading into today during the time you've been

here?

Well, there's probably a reason to see bias, but I don't remember as much anticipation and

excitement for a while.

It's been a really, really long offseason, a very productive one.

We had a team event last night.

We're just talking about how ready everyone is to go and can't wait to get to the ballpark today.

Sam, obviously, everybody very excited about Garrett Crochet.

And I know you've said to other media outlets that you're not going to talk about negotiations for extensions leading into the season.

But when you look at your pitching rotation and you've got him, obviously, but then you've got Bueller who has his first year back from a second Tommy John.

And then you have three starters that are starting on IR.

You guys have dealt with bad injuries the last two seasons, and that's kind of been the falloff

for you.

Is there an emphasis going into this season to make sure that history isn't repeating itself,

that you guys have people healthy, and what are some of the things that you are making

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